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Contents t Chronological charts and maps Early life in the Golden Triangle Zhoukoudian cave Beifudi, Hebei Province Niuheliang, Liaoning Province Early life in the south: Dahe Cave, Yunnan Province Xiantouling, Guandong Province Yll Yellow River and Yangtze River

Contents t Banpo Chengziya Erlitou Ao (Zhengzhou) Anyang Yin Dayangzhou Jinsha Sanxingdui i Museums and collections

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=02&region=eac

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=03&region=eac

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04&region=eac

http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/shang-dynasty-map.cfm

http://www.maps-of-china.com/china-country.shtml Contour and flat maps http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/chinageography.png di / di / /2/2 /Chi h

Upper cave site pp http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/zhoukoudian_upper_cave.jpg

Zhoukoudian cave site http://www.unesco.org/ext/field/beijing/whc/pkm-site.htm World Heritage Site

Reconstruction of Peking Man http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/peking_man.jpg org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/peking

Cranium of Peking Man Cranium of Peking Man http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/lantien.jpg

Zhoukoudian cave (A) and Beiifudi site to the south.

Hebei Province http://www.mychinahometown.com/provinces/hebei.aspx com/provinces/hebei aspx

Beifudi houses pottery masks Beifudi houses, pottery, masks http://www.kaogu.cn/en/detail.asp?productid=982

Beifudi http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/archaeology/149496.htm

Zhoukoudian cave (A) and Niuheligang complex

PNAS March 30, 2010 vol. 107 no. 13 5757. Niuheliang complex http://www.maps-of-china.com/liaoning-s-ow.shtml

Goddess Temple http://www.liaoning-gateway.com/gateway/tourism/349/1751349.shtml gateway shtml

http://history.cultural-china.com/en/54history9392.html http://www.almendron.com/blog/date/2002/03/ Niuheliang goddess (h. 22.5cms)

PNAS March 14, 2006 vol. 103 no. 11 3963

Archaeological sites along rivers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/majiabang_culture

Yunnan Province http://www.maps-of-china.net/province_map.html net/province html

Finds from the Dahe cave Finds from the Dahe cave http://www.chinaheritagenewsletter.org/articles.php?searchterm=011_topten.inc&issue=011

http://www.maps-of-china.com/guangdong-s-ow.shtml p g g

Xiantouling http://pdf.sznews.com/szdaily/pdf/200704/0430/s150430.pdf

Xiantouling Neolithic pottery http://pdf.sznews.com/szdaily/pdf/200704/0430/s150430.pdf pdf

Satellite map of the Tibetan plateau p p http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/himalaya_composite.jpg

Yellow River Yellow River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:yellowrivermap.jpg

The Yangtze River http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/yangtze_river_map.png

North China Plain http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/chinageography.png

Yellow River - courses over millennia http://www.paulnoll.com/china/history/history-yellow-river.html

Banpo and Yangshao culture Banpo and Yangshao culture http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/yangshao_only.svg

Banpo village reconstruction Banpo village reconstruction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xi%27an_banpo_museum

Banpo amphora Banpo amphora http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:yangshaocordmarkedamphorabanpophase4800bceshaanxi.jpg

Banpo bowl with human face and fishes http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/banpo_bowl.jpg org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/banpo

Longshan culture: Chengziya Longshan culture: Chengziya http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/longshan_only.svg

Longshan pottery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/cmoc p p _ Treasures _of_ancient_china_exhibit_-_black_pottery_goblet.jpg

Chengziya city wall http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content artqa/2003 09/24/content _39169.htm

Archaeological sites along rivers Archaeological sites along rivers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/majiabang_culture

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/archae/map.htm

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/archae/2dwkmain.htm Dawenkou burial http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/archae/2dwkmain.htm http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/archae/2dwkpott.htm t hi t d / hi i / h /2d

Bronze Age Erlitou culture Bronze Age Erlitou culture http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/erlitouxia.png

Plan of Erlitou site (Antiquity 81, 888)

Reconstruction of an Erlitou Palace Reconstruction of an Erlitou Palace Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, p. 143

Reconstruction of Erlitou (Antiquity 81, 890)

(Antiquity 81, 892)

(Antiquity 81, 890)

Erlitou bronze Erlitou bronze http://history.cultural-china.com/en/52history600.html

Erlitou pottery duck Erlitou pottery duck http://history.cultural-china.com/en/52history600.html

Erlitou bronze with turquoise inlaid animal faces http://history.cultural-china.com/en/52history600.html

Tatoie motif on a Shang ding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:liu_ding_part.jpg part

Xia territory Xia territory http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/chinageography.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/yu_the_great

The nine provinces The nine provinces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:the_nine_zhou.svg

Erlitou road Erlitou road http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/15/content_68513.htm

Erlitou dragon tou d ago http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/081/0886/ant0810886.pdf

Erlitou turquoise dragon Erlitou turquoise dragon http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/15/content_68513.htm

Shang dynasty territory g y y y http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:shang_dynasty.svg

Historical capitals of China p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:historicalcapitalsofchina_ancient.png

Ao (Zhengzhou) http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/henan/henan.gif

The Ruins of Yin The Ruins of Yin http://www.china.org.cn/english/whp/176619.htm

Yin, oracle bone pit, p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shang_dynasty

Oracle bone tortoise shell with inscriptions http://www.china.org.cn/english/whp/176619.htm cn/english/whp/176619 htm

The Ruins of Yin museum, chariot burials http://www.china.org.cn/english/whp/176619.htm

Yin chariot burials Yin chariot burials http://www.china.org.cn/english/whp/176619.htm

Excavating an undisturbed royal Shang grave http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/tomb_fu_hao_yinxu.jpg

Anyang reconstruction of structure above tomb 5 Anyang, reconstruction of structure above tomb 5 Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, p. 163

Bronze bu wine vessel http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/china/zhengzhou/hm02.html

Lady Hao s jade

The Yangtze River http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/yangtze_river_map.png Y t i j h l i l it Yangtze region major archaeological sites Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Bronze tiger (53cm long), Dayangzhou Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, p.191

Bronze head mask (53cm high) Dayangzhou Bronze head mask (53cm high), Dayangzhou Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, p. 189

Major archaeological sites Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/map2.pdf

Oracle bone from Jinsha http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/china/jinsha/ji09.html

Jinsha Museum http://www.art-and-archaeologycom/china/jinsha/ji01and archaeology.com/china/jinsha/ji01.htmlhtml

Bronze statuette t tt of a kneeling captive http://www.art-and-archaeologyand archaeology.com/china/jinsha/ji11.htmlcom/china/jinsha/ji11 html

Gold mask from Jinsha Gold mask from Jinsha http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/china/jinsha/ji08.html

Major archaeological sites Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/map2.pdf

Sanxingdui site Sanxingdui site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:sanxingdui_-converted-.svg

Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology

Bronze spirit it tree (384cm), Pit 1, Sanxingdui i Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, p40 p.40.

Museums and collections Beijing Palace Museum http://www.dpm.org.cn/www p// ogc / _oldweb/english/default.html /de British Museum Metropolitan Museum http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/asian_art http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ http://www.chinapage.com/museum.html p http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_splash.htm http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html co html